Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-02


BARTON
The first swallow this morning.
%. d. Owen has been spending
everal days in market.
seven young people were taken in
the Congregational church yester-
lay.
Odd Girls meet with Mrs. Joseph
N owen Wednesday afternoon. All
ordially invited
Il. Phillips j. moving his harness
hop business into the Page block,
ooms vacated ny p. L. Webster.
Keep eyes open for new announc-
NJ ments By our merchants and business
VI men. All the live ones advertise.
Regular meeting of Orleans Lodge
No. %. F. & A. VI. Friday evening
III Nav 9th. work on the NJ. NJ degree
II The T. Club will meet in their
VI rooms Tuesday evening. All mem
N bers are earnestly requested to be
NJ present
Elmer Robinson moves here from
Westmore and occupies the upstairs
tenement in the DR.. Prime residence.
He viii clerk for o. d. Owen.
Some of our people in this county
are disturbed over the new railroad
N law and state that they cannot make
any calculations about freights.
". C.. Twombly will sell the Cor
bin harrow this year again. He sold
twenty last year and they give excel
lent satisfaction. Advertisement next
week.
1t is again reported that the Bos-
ton < Maine r. r. management
has rented the Boston * Lowell, in
Guiding the Passumpsic, and the old
p. 4 o. road.
The water in all the streams is
high but no very serious damage is
reported in this vicinity. The roads
are settling fast where the snow
drifts viii let them.
Owing TO the bad roads Rev. Mr.
Worthen did not come to his desk at
the " Z. church yesterday. and Rev.
Mr.. Currier remained to fill his place
Both viii move this week.
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours
house. thou shalt not covet thy neigh
bor's wife. nor his manservant nor
Ills maidservant. nor his OK, nor his
ass. nor anything that is thy neigh
hor'z
Warren Simpson has hired Charles
Folsom out of his house on Park
street and will return from Sheffield,
where he has been spending this
winter. Warren i hoping to get
q pension ere long
Regular meeting of Quimby Post,
No. IS, GAR. "Wednesday evening,
Nav /. All comrades are requested
% be present, as arrangements will
be made for the coming Memorial
service May Both.
Ezra Martin has sold the Gilbert
Eli. house. which he recently pur-
chased of Mrs. Quinn. to G.. Z. Row
eli. who will move his family there
soon. It Is reported that A. Ohm
stead has bought the Ezra Badger
house.
The Skinner house, recently va
Gated by E. Z. Rawson, will be thor
olghlv repaired and Dr. r. b. Skin
ner viii occupy it. Mr.. Eldridge,
who Is clerking for F. K Powell,
moves to the house opposite, where
Dr. Skinner has resided for years
past.
A. r. Cowles has hired the tene-
men- Of Mrs. Stone lately occupied
'T Fred n. Cheney. He will move
ms organ and piano business here and
rent part of the Dwinell block or of
the F. W Baldwin Office building.
lie has engaged TO sing as chorister
for the Cong. church at 800 a wear.
The village of West Randolph,
which WAS permitted by the last legis-
lature TO bond itself for putting in a
system Of wateT-wOrks. Is advertising
Us bonds 1t Is proposed to pay 4
Per cent semi-annually. Here Is a
good opportunity 10 make a safe in
Fesment. Address. VIM. Ill. Du-
Bots, treasurer.
George Whitcher has been i'll for
some days with hemorrhage from the
lungs--Dr. J. r. Skinner is in
serF All condition Of health.